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THE MESSAGE

2 Kings 19:30

A remnant of the family of Judah yet again will sink down roots and raise up fruit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;   Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem;   Mediator, Mediation;   Remnant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Root;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fruit;   Root;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Root;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Hebrew Names Version
The remnant that has escaped of the house of Yehudah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
King James Version
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
English Standard Version
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
New Century Version
Some of the people in the family of Judah will escape. Like plants that take root, they will grow strong and have many children.
New English Translation
Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
Amplified Bible
'The survivors who remain of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
New American Standard Bible
'The survivors that are left of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
World English Bible
The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downewarde, and beare fruite vpwarde.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Berean Standard Bible
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Contemporary English Version
Those who survive in Judah will be like a vine that puts down deep roots and bears fruit.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Meanwhile, the remnant of the house of Y'hudah that has escaped will again take root downward and bear fruit upward;
Darby Translation
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
Easy-to-Read Version
The people from the family of Judah who have escaped and are left alive will be like plants that send their roots deep into the ground and produce fruit above the ground.
George Lamsa Translation
And the remnant that is left of the house of Judah shall increase, they shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Good News Translation
Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.
Lexham English Bible
The remainder of the house of Judah which survives will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Literal Translation
And the escaped ones of the house of Judah that is left shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the doughter Iuda which is escaped & remayneth, shall from hence forth take rote beneth, and beare frute aboue.
American Standard Version
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Bible in Basic English
And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it that is escaped and left of the daughter of Iuda, shall yet againe take roting downewarde, and beare fruite vpwarde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
King James Version (1611)
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall yet againe take root downeward, and beare fruit vpward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall increase him that has escaped of the house of Juda: and the remnant shall strike root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.
English Revised Version
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And what euer thing schal be residue of the hows of Juda, it schal sende root dounward, and schal make fruyt vpward.
Update Bible Version
And the remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
New King James Version
And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
New Living Translation
And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and will grow up and flourish.
New Life Bible
And those who are left of the family of Judah will again take root and give fruit.
New Revised Standard
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again - take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
Revised Standard Version
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
Young's Literal Translation
And it hath continued -- The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left -- to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Contextual Overview

20It wasn't long before Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah: God 's word: You've prayed to me regarding Sennacherib king of Assyria; I've heard your prayer. This is my response to him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion holds you in utter contempt; Daughter Jerusalem thinks you're nothing but scum. 22 Who do you think it is you've insulted? Who do you think you've been bad-mouthing? Before whom do you suppose you've been strutting? The Holy One of Israel, that's who! 23 You dispatched your errand boys to humiliate the Master. You bragged, "With my army of chariots I've climbed the highest mountains, snow-peaked alpine Lebanon mountains! I've cut down its giant cedars, chopped down its prize pine trees. I've traveled the world, visited the finest forest retreats. 24 I've dug wells in faraway places and drunk their exotic waters; I've waded and splashed barefoot in the rivers of Egypt." 25 Did it never occur to you that I'm behind all this? Long, long ago I drew up the plans, and now I've gone into action, Using you as a doomsday weapon, reducing proud cities to piles of rubble, 26 Leaving their people dispirited, slumped shoulders, limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass, insubstantial as wind-blown chaff. 27 I know when you sit down, when you come and when you go; And, yes, I've marked every one of your temper tantrums against me. 28 It's because of your temper, your blasphemous foul temper, That I'm putting my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth And turning you back to where you came from. 29 And this, Hezekiah, will be for you the confirming sign: This year you'll eat the gleanings, next year whatever you can beg, borrow, or steal; But the third year you'll sow and harvest, plant vineyards and eat grapes. 30 A remnant of the family of Judah yet again will sink down roots and raise up fruit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the remnant that: etc. Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth, 2 Kings 19:4, 2 Chronicles 32:22, 2 Chronicles 32:23, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 10:20-22

shall yet again: Psalms 80:9, Isaiah 27:6, Isaiah 37:31, Isaiah 37:32

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:14 - the remnant Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Hosea 14:5 - cast

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
Genesis 14:22
But Abram told the king of Sodom, "I swear to God , The High God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, this solemn oath, that I'll take nothing from you, not so much as a thread or a shoestring. I'm not going to have you go around saying, ‘I made Abram rich.' Nothing for me other than what the young men ate and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; they're to get their share of the plunder."
Genesis 19:36
Both daughters became pregnant by their father, Lot. The older daughter had a son and named him Moab, the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. The younger daughter had a son and named him Ben-Ammi, the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.
Isaiah 15:5
Oh, how I grieve for Moab! Refugees stream to Zoar and then on to Eglath-shelishiyah. Up the slopes of Luhith they weep; on the road to Horonaim they cry their loss. The springs of Nimrim are dried up— grass brown, buds stunted, nothing grows. They leave, carrying all their possessions on their backs, everything they own, Making their way as best they can across Willow Creek to safety. Poignant cries reverberate all through Moab, Gut-wrenching sobs as far as Eglaim, heart-racking sobs all the way to Beer-elim. The banks of the Dibon crest with blood, but God has worse in store for Dibon: A lion—a lion to finish off the fugitives, to clean up whoever's left in the land.
Jeremiah 48:34
"Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the cries. They will hear them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The remnant that is escaped - Terrible ravages seem to have been committed in the first attack (2 Kings 18:13 note). And though the second invasion was comparatively harmless, yet it probably fell heavily on the cities of the west and the southwest. Thus the “escaped” were but “a remnant.”

Bear fruit upward - The flourishing time of Josiah is the special fulfillment of this prophecy 2 Kings 23:15-20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. The remnant - shall yet again take root — As your corn shall take root in the soil, and bring forth and abundantly multiply itself, so shall the Jewish people; the population shall be greatly increased, and the desolations occasioned by the sword soon be forgotten.


 
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